(from the article `fracture`) ...broken ends of the bone are shattered into many pieces. Fractures can also be classified by their configuration on the bone: a transverse fracture ...
A fracture the line of which runs obliquely to the axis of the bone. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
one in which the break is in an oblique direction.
Type: Term Definitions: 1. a fracture, the line of which runs obliquely to the longitudinal axis of the bone.